Well snow lovers, I give you fair warning that what you may read in this blog post may be offensive.

Models seem to be coming into better agreement as to what may come our way for Tuesday and it looks like accumulating snow may not be in the cards after all.

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Originally (as of Saturday morning), it looked as if the storm system in question would linger just a bit farther west, closer to us, and strengthen up just a bit (for those of you who follow the various models, runs on both the GFS and especially the NAM looked to have this ring true as of Saturday). That setup would have us looking at the possibility of some light accumulations of snow Tuesday night into Wednesday.

But fast forward to Sunday, and those same models now are advertising that the bulk of the moisture moves out (and farther east into central Arkansas) by Tuesday afternoon…leaving us out in the cold…literally as cold air moves on into the area. And without moisture around while that cold air pushes in, well…that makes snow making pretty darn difficult.

Now could we see a bit of snow or sleet try to mix in with a bit of rain still for Tuesday evening? In short, yes.

But are we looking at any kind of significant accumulations? At this point, probably not.

Now before we completely dismiss the chance for snow, know that a couple of the models (mainly the NAM, but the GFS hints at this too) want to bring in just enough of a weak disturbance after the cold air has settled in around early Wednesday morning. That could kick off a few light flurries across Northwest Arkansas (sorry, River Valley folks, but it's not looking promising for you). I don’t think we’d be looking at anything stacking up, but if it comes through, we might be able to set a nice winter-like mood with minimal travel impacts.

Things could still waffle around a bit, so be sure to keep checking here for the latest updates.